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Geomechanical properties evaluation | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Needs reviewLiterature-derived experiment

Geomechanical properties evaluation

Geotechnical testing linked to Experiment, with source literature and related extracted records kept visible.

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Confidence

1

Literature sources

4

Linked simulants

26

Linked properties

Record profile

Measurement type

Geotechnical testing

Application

Experiment

Primary source

Study on geomechanical properties of lunar soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) for chandrayaan mission

Review state

needs review

Linked simulants

JSC-1Asubject_of_studyNeeds review NU-LHT-1MSimulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review NAO-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review LSS-ISAC-1lunar highland simulantNeeds review

Related properties

Bulk chemistrySiO2: 46.9% (LMS-1), 42.8% (BPY-N), 41.3% (Apollo 11); Al2 O3: 12.4% (LMS-1), 11.5% (BPY-N), 13.7% (Apollo 11); FeO: 8.6% (LMS-1), / (BPY-N), 15.8% (Apollo 11); Fe2 O3: / (LMS-1),100%Particle size distributionDv (10) = 6 m; Dv (50) = 131 m; Dv (90) = 432 m100%Thermal StabilityHigh100%Bulk density0.99 g/cm³100%Tapped density1.18 g/cm³100%

Evidence snippets

The geomechanical properties of the above-mentioned highland simulants are summarized in Table 5

Source literature

Main reference: Study on geomechanical properties of lunar soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) for chandrayaan mission

I. Venugopal, K. Muthukkumaran, M. Annadurai, T. Prabu, S. Anbazhagan, I. Bangalore | 2020 | Advances in Space Research

DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2020.08.021

Extraction state

100%

1 source

Needs review

Back to experiments

cohesion1.07100%

Shear strengthmeasured by direct shear or shear-box testing100%

Friction anglederived from triaxial or shear-strength testing100%

Mineral compositionolivine, pyroxene, Fe, Ni, FeS2100%

particle shapeangular grains100%

Grain Size DistributionCE-5 Lunar Regolith100%

Shear StressShear stress vs. Deflection curve100%